Script to ping every hour and email failure

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I'm trying to write a shell script to ping 5 hosts I have once every 1 hour and if it receives any failure from any of those hosts, it sends an email alert with the results from this failing ping.

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I'm trying to write a shell script to ping 5 hosts I have once every 1 hour and if it receives any failure from any of those hosts, it sends an email alert with the results from this failing ping.

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I'm trying to write a shell script to ping 5 hosts I have once every 1 hour and if it receives any failure from any of those hosts, it sends an email alert with the results from this failing ping.

edited Feb 19 '17 at 12:56

Jeff Schaller

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asked Feb 17 '17 at 2:39

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I'm trying to write a shell script to ping 5 hosts I have once every 1 hour and if it receives any failure from any of those hosts, it sends an email alert with the results from this failing ping.

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edited Feb 19 '17 at 12:56

Jeff Schaller

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asked Feb 17 '17 at 2:39

Katkota

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edited Feb 19 '17 at 12:56

Jeff Schaller

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asked Feb 17 '17 at 2:39

Katkota

414

edited Feb 19 '17 at 12:56

Jeff Schaller

33.3k850112

edited Feb 19 '17 at 12:56

Jeff Schaller

33.3k850112

edited Feb 19 '17 at 12:56

Jeff Schaller

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asked Feb 17 '17 at 2:39

Katkota

414

asked Feb 17 '17 at 2:39

Katkota

414

asked Feb 17 '17 at 2:39

Katkota

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Something like this should work:

 #!/bin/bash

ping_targets="server1 server2 server3 server4 server5"
failed_hosts=""

for i in $ping_targets
do
 ping -c 1 $i > /dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 if [ "$failed_hosts" == "" ]; then
 failed_hosts="$i"
 else
 failed_hosts="$failed_hosts, $i"
 fi
 fi
done

if [ "$failed_hosts" != "" ]; then
 echo $failed_hosts| mailx -s "Failed ping targets" email@domain
fi

Put it in a script, change the hostnames and email address, make it executable, and add an entry to cron so it runs once per hour.

answered Feb 17 '17 at 4:32

Warwick

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Thank you very much.. I had to make some modification but your script worked great!!
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up vote
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Something like this should work:

 #!/bin/bash

ping_targets="server1 server2 server3 server4 server5"
failed_hosts=""

for i in $ping_targets
do
 ping -c 1 $i > /dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 if [ "$failed_hosts" == "" ]; then
 failed_hosts="$i"
 else
 failed_hosts="$failed_hosts, $i"
 fi
 fi
done

if [ "$failed_hosts" != "" ]; then
 echo $failed_hosts| mailx -s "Failed ping targets" email@domain
fi

Put it in a script, change the hostnames and email address, make it executable, and add an entry to cron so it runs once per hour.

answered Feb 17 '17 at 4:32

Warwick

1,322715

Thank you very much.. I had to make some modification but your script worked great!!
â€“Â Katkota
Feb 17 '17 at 22:15

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up vote
6
down vote

accepted

Something like this should work:

 #!/bin/bash

ping_targets="server1 server2 server3 server4 server5"
failed_hosts=""

for i in $ping_targets
do
 ping -c 1 $i > /dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 if [ "$failed_hosts" == "" ]; then
 failed_hosts="$i"
 else
 failed_hosts="$failed_hosts, $i"
 fi
 fi
done

if [ "$failed_hosts" != "" ]; then
 echo $failed_hosts| mailx -s "Failed ping targets" email@domain
fi

Put it in a script, change the hostnames and email address, make it executable, and add an entry to cron so it runs once per hour.

answered Feb 17 '17 at 4:32

Warwick

1,322715

Thank you very much.. I had to make some modification but your script worked great!!
â€“Â Katkota
Feb 17 '17 at 22:15

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
6
down vote

accepted

Something like this should work:

 #!/bin/bash

ping_targets="server1 server2 server3 server4 server5"
failed_hosts=""

for i in $ping_targets
do
 ping -c 1 $i > /dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 if [ "$failed_hosts" == "" ]; then
 failed_hosts="$i"
 else
 failed_hosts="$failed_hosts, $i"
 fi
 fi
done

if [ "$failed_hosts" != "" ]; then
 echo $failed_hosts| mailx -s "Failed ping targets" email@domain
fi

Put it in a script, change the hostnames and email address, make it executable, and add an entry to cron so it runs once per hour.

answered Feb 17 '17 at 4:32

Warwick

1,322715

Something like this should work:

 #!/bin/bash

ping_targets="server1 server2 server3 server4 server5"
failed_hosts=""

for i in $ping_targets
do
 ping -c 1 $i > /dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 if [ "$failed_hosts" == "" ]; then
 failed_hosts="$i"
 else
 failed_hosts="$failed_hosts, $i"
 fi
 fi
done

if [ "$failed_hosts" != "" ]; then
 echo $failed_hosts| mailx -s "Failed ping targets" email@domain
fi

Put it in a script, change the hostnames and email address, make it executable, and add an entry to cron so it runs once per hour.

answered Feb 17 '17 at 4:32

Warwick

1,322715

answered Feb 17 '17 at 4:32

Warwick

1,322715

answered Feb 17 '17 at 4:32

Warwick

1,322715

answered Feb 17 '17 at 4:32

Warwick

1,322715

Thank you very much.. I had to make some modification but your script worked great!!
â€“Â Katkota
Feb 17 '17 at 22:15

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Thank you very much.. I had to make some modification but your script worked great!!
â€“Â Katkota
Feb 17 '17 at 22:15

Thank you very much.. I had to make some modification but your script worked great!!
â€“Â Katkota
Feb 17 '17 at 22:15

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